Battling Bambi: Thought about it

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Yes, I have been watching the wire mesh and snipping it where necessary to make sure that the trees can grow normally. I have even pulled some of the wraps off and used them on younger trees. I got the mesh on sale for a ridiculously low price, so I have lots left for future use.

I have lots of poplar trees in another area of the property. They regrow easily from roots which travel underground, so I am not worried about any damage the deer do there. I am always thinning the poplars out anyway. The willows are more tender, though.

Around Lake Winnipeg, where the soil is sandy, the deer even destroy my friends' spruce trees, because that is all there is there. And those trees are not tender at all. I sure hope they don't ever attack my spruce trees, because planting and raising them was a lot more trouble than planting the willows, and they cannot be wrapped. They need cages, and that is more trouble than I care to undertake.

-- posted by biogardener